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Tulu vs Shona


Shona vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
51   
30
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
46   
34

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Masikati   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Mangwanani   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Barpe   
bye   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Tulu   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
Not Available   
shona   

German Name
Not Available   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
20th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Tulu and Shona Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Shona language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Shona Language History.

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Tulu and Shona Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Shona language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Shona Difficulty

The Tulu vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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